![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He rarely listened to a complete song, save for the instances in which he happened upon something that really caught his fancy. With Seaman behind the wheel, Lennon often toyed with the car radio, scanning up and down the FM dial to catch up on, and often critique, the latest hits or wax nostalgic to the sounds of the golden oldies. With his personal assistant and driver Fred Seaman in tow, Lennon enjoyed riding along the North Shore roads in order to "check out the neighborhood." ![]() The Lennons had purchased the property the previous autumn, and John had been eager to spend more time there. In March and April 1980, Lennon ensconced himself in the family's Cannon Hill estate on the edge of Long Island's Cold Spring Harbor. But an old friend provided what might have been the most significant moment of inspiration during that fateful final year in Lennon's life. Over the past several months, he had started furtively writing new material as he and wife Yoko Ono plotted their return to the music business. By the early spring months of 1980, John Lennon had begun to recapture his lost muse after more than four years in self-imposed retirement. ![]()
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